[CynicalBear]

>>There are Protestant who do that; there are Protestants who deny themselves through their heroic works of charity and these shall be saved.<<

So they do acquire salvation through the efforts they put forth? Is that how you would see that?

[annalex]

So they do acquire salvation through the efforts they put forth?

Their efforts fill them with Christ's grace which alone saves. And the opposite: denial of the Church founded by Christ separates them from His grace.